WIA partner: White Arkitekter

‘Over 50% of our employees are women; our CEO is female and 50% of our executive management are women.’

White Arkitekter is an employee-owned practice of more than 900 staff in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and the United Kingdom and we are proud of our working culture which gives everyone a voice regardless of gender. Over 50 per cent of our employees are women; our CEO is female, 50 per cent of our executive management are women, increasing to 55 per cent at board level.

Women should have the opportunity to lead large-scale projects; at White this is the norm, not the exception – for example our 2014 Kasper Salin Prize-winning Väven Cultural Centre in Umeå was led by a woman. Our continuing support of the campaign is part of White’s commitment to fostering equal opportunities internationally, inspiring and learning from others.

The 14 shortlisted architects, including emerging practices from around the world, will have the opportunity to present their projects in person to our judging panel at the World Architecture Festival in Amsterdam

Taking place from 28-30 November in Amsterdam, speakers at this year’s WAF include AR contributors Reinier de Graaf, Aaron Betsky and Peter Cook as well as published architects such as Li Xiaodong, David Adjaye and Rem Koolhaas. Entries close Friday 9 November

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